4th Estate
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First published in Great Britain by 4th Estate in 2019
Text copyright © Nigel Slater 2019
All recipe photographs © Jonathan Lovekin 2019
Except p. 183 and p. 279 © Nigel Slater 2019
Brushstrokes copyright © Tom Kemp 2019
Nigel Slater asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
Design by David Pearson
Author photograph by Jenny Zarins
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Source ISBN: 9780008213770
Ebook Edition © August 2019 ISBN: 9780008218171
Version: 2019-08-21
For James
Tom Kemp
Tom Kemp has had a couple of careers. He trained formally as a theoretical computer scientist and followed a sequence of post-doctoral research and programming posts. In parallel, he was learning to be an artist by studying the writings of ancient manuscripts, not their content but how they were made. In particular, he worked out the details of a Roman signwriting technique which has informed all his brushwork, both readable and abstract. This calligraphic training led to a deeper pursuit of writing in general and artworks in many media, including graffiti and digital work. Along the way he learned to make porcelain vessels on a potter’s wheel, an activity he describes as ‘calligraphy in 3D’, and these now form the large surfaces on which he continues to write.
Instagram @tom_kemp_
Contents
Introduction
OATS, DRIED MULBERRIES, DATE SYRUP
ARTICHOKES, BEANS, GREEN OLIVES
BRUSSELS SPROUTS, BROWN RICE, MISO
BUTTERNUT, BREADCRUMBS, CURRY POWDER
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES, PISTACHIOS, GRAPES
CRUMPETS, CREAM CHEESE, SPINACH
MUSHROOMS, BLUE CHEESE, TOASTING MUFFINS